The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an "activity map" that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human,...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 26, 2013
Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said on Thursday that he would resign effective mid-February.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 1, 2013
Meeting Simon for the first time was one of the most sublime experiences I've had. With every coy head nod, casual hand wave and deep eye gaze, I felt he already...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 29, 2013
Ben Horowitz may have the skeleton key to the decimation—sorry, transformation—of our economic and political lives.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 10, 2013
John T. Chambers has readied his last great act as the leader of Cisco Systems, fearing major changes in the technology business that could doom his company.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2012
If you read the newspapers on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, you would have been led to believe that Japan was poised to attack—but in Southeast Asia, not Pearl Harbor...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2012
Jeff Hawkins has been a pioneer of mobile devices, a distinguished lecturer in neuroscience, and a published author of a revolutionary theory of how the brain works...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 3, 2012
Monday afternoon, just half a day before the polls opened, Prof. Mark Crispin Miller was feeling pessimistic about the electoral process.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 8, 2012
Not long after I began writing about cybersecurity, I became a paranoid caricature of my former self.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 8, 2012
Many people cite Albert Einstein's aphorism "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." Only a handful, however, have had the opportunity...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 1, 2012
I learned with disbelief last Monday about the decision of an Italian judge to convict seven scientific experts of manslaughter and to sentence them to six years...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2012
If you are wondering who will be your cellphone provider next year, so are the cellphone companies.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2012
Over the years, Keith McCarthy has become used to a certain way of doing things on his personal computers, which, like most others on the planet, have long run...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2012
The Mykonos Vase, discovered in 1961 in the Cyclades, is one of the earliest accounts of the Trojan Horse, used as a subterfuge by the Greeks to enter the city...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 11, 2012
Who created the Internet and why should we care? These questions, so often raised during the Bush-Gore election in 2000, have found their way back into the political...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 27, 2012
A number of Internet service providers, including Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., have recently upped the maximum speeds of broadband they offer...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 24, 2012
Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak? If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 14, 2012